Best Places In The World To Retire

Yes, there are lots of American-trained doctors in Yucatan.  Medical in Yucatan is incredible. That is one of the reasons why I came here.
 
I have a blood condition for which I needed specialized treatment. We looked all over the world and finally we looked at Mexico. We have private hospitals here. The IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social), which is the Mexican medical system, is very good and it is very reasonable. If you come here as an expat to pay out of pocket,...

Yes, there are lots of American-trained doctors in Yucatan.  Medical in Yucatan is incredible. That is one of the reasons why I came here.
 
I have a blood condition for which I needed specialized treatment. We looked all over the world and finally we looked at Mexico. We have private hospitals here. The IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social), which is the Mexican medical system, is very good and it is very reasonable. If you come here as an expat to pay out of pocket, it’s an absolute joke. Treatments in the US that cost $17,000 a week only costs a couple hundred dollars a week here in Mexico. The medical here in unbelievable. Oncologists in the US would be $600 per visit, yet here in Merida, you can go to one of the best oncologists and pay only $35.

 

(Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social logo, pictured.)

Dental care is cheaper in Portugal than anywhere else comparable. I have heard that there is a move by the government towards trying to get the Algarve to be a health holiday place but this is still in its early stages. Compared to India and other places like that, dental tourism in Portugal is still highly negligible. 

 

(An early Celt settlement, Obidos, Portugal, pictured.) 

Dental care is cheaper in Portugal than anywhere else comparable. I have heard that there is a move by the government towards trying to get the Algarve to be a health holiday place but this is still in its early stages. Compared to India and other places like that, dental tourism in Portugal is still highly negligible. 

 

(An early Celt settlement, Obidos, Portugal, pictured.) 

Nicaragua is absolutely a good place for preppers to have their bugout location or to be a survivalist.  They can have their own little fortress and nobody bothers them.
 
I had a situation one night where a police officer came over and demanded the rifle we had be handed in.  My guard said, “No, I’m not handing you my rifle.” The police could not enter my property legally.  It’s just like what happens in the US; they cannot enter. So...

Nicaragua is absolutely a good place for preppers to have their bugout location or to be a survivalist.  They can have their own little fortress and nobody bothers them.
 
I had a situation one night where a police officer came over and demanded the rifle we had be handed in.  My guard said, “No, I’m not handing you my rifle.” The police could not enter my property legally.  It’s just like what happens in the US; they cannot enter. So Nicaragua is good for a bugout location because the government respects your property right and doesn’t just burst in, unless you’ve done something terribly against the law.
 
Also, Nicaragua has places with access to water, which are defendable, where you can grow your own food, and be off the grid.  You can build anything you want.  For example, the Nicaraguans build what we would call “earth homes.” They’ve been doing this for years. Nobody will tell you not to build an earth home. They do have freedom here, believe it or not. 
 
They have these big containers of water that you can put on your land. What I would suggest to anybody is buy land with a stream or a river on it.  You can do that here in the mountains, although I don’t know the other areas of Nicaragua. 
 
Everything grows here. Plant it and it’s going to sprout. It’s amazing. The things that you buy like cilantro and certain vegetables, they just grow wild. It’s a farmer’s paradise.

 

(Pictured: Waterfall in a Nicaraguan rain forest.)

There are two airports in Panama City, Panama. The international airport is called Tocumen International Airport. From Tocumen International Airport, you can find flights to almost any major city in the world.

 

The other airport in Panama City, Panama is called Allbrook. The flights from Allbrook are only within the country of Panama.

 

Many times, people fly into Tocumen International Airport and try to make a connecting flight through Allbrook or the other way around. If you...

There are two airports in Panama City, Panama. The international airport is called Tocumen International Airport. From Tocumen International Airport, you can find flights to almost any major city in the world.

 

The other airport in Panama City, Panama is called Allbrook. The flights from Allbrook are only within the country of Panama.

 

Many times, people fly into Tocumen International Airport and try to make a connecting flight through Allbrook or the other way around. If you do this, please make certain to leave enough time to travel between each airport. (The traffic can be fairly heavy, so please take this into consideration.)